Collar holder



Dec. 27, 1949 A. J. ROWAN 2,492,239

COLLAR HOLDER Filed March 15, 1945 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS atented Dec. 27, 1949 Massachusetts 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a collar holder of the type formed with oppositely directed pairs of jaws to engage and grip the fabric of a collar on either side of the opening left for the necktie.

Difficulty is often encountered in the use of a collar holder in that the jaws slip along the fabric and become disconnected therefrom. Various means of a complicated structure have been devised for securely causing the jaws to grip the fabric.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a simple and easily constructed arrangement for causing additional gripping pressure to be applied upon the fabric of the collar should movement occur of the jaw along the collar in a direction to detach the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the edge of the collar may be easily inserted into the gripping jaws after start has been made while an initial additional resistance is provided to the withdrawal of the fabric from between the jaws.

Another object of this invention is to provide an arrangement whereby initial change in direction of movement of the fabric relative to the jaws will cause increasing pressure to be applied upon the fabric to resist such sliding movement between the jaws.

Another object of this invention is to provide a gripping device which will cause a gripping action on the back of the fabric of the collar rather than on the front surface thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the collar holder;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the center binding portion of the holder and showing in section the fabric to be gripped;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end portion of the rear jaw of one of the jaw pairs prior to the mounting of the movable member therein;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 in which the movable member is mounted in position;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the mounting for the movable member;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the fabric showing several different positions of the movable member thereon.

In proceeding with this invention I provide an eye in the rear jaw of the collar holder and in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

COLLAR HOLDER Albert Joseph Rowan, Pawtuxet, R. 1., assignor to Taunton Pearl Works, a corporation of Application March 15, 1945, Serial No. 582,860

this eye mount a flattened loop formed of a bent-up piece of wire so that this loop may be rocked in this eye until it engages the stock of the jaw at one side of the eye. The arrangement is such that movement from one position to the other will cause a flexing of the jaws apart and greater pressure on the fabric between them.

With reference to the drawing, I have provided a bar l0 which forms the front jaws of the two pairs of jaws and a rear bar II which forms the rear jaws of both pairs of jaws. These jaws are bound together by a suitable clamp I2 so as to hold them in fixed relation. The jaws are both sufficiently flexible so that they may be moved toward and from each other.

The under surface or inside surface of the jaw I0 is substantially smooth. The sheet stock of the jaw or bar H is slit as at M and I5 (see Fig. 6) and the stock between the slits is raised as at l6 (see Fig. 3) while the portions on either side of the slit are depressed as at I! (see also Fig. 3). This forms an opening [8 beneath this raised stock 16 and the depression IT. A loop member [9 formed of a piece of wire which is round in cross section is bent substantially into the shape shown in Fig. 5 with its ends 2|] extending into the opening l8 which causes the same to be pivotally mounted for rocking from a position so that its portion 2| engages the stock at one side or the other side of the eye l8.

When fabric 22 (see Fig. '7) is moved inwardly between the jaws A and B the member I9 is rocked from its position 25 inwardly to its inner position 26 and easy access after such rocking is afforded. If, however, the fabric is attempted to .be moved out from between the jaws A, B, then this member 19 will rock from a position 26 to a position 21 spreading the jaws, as shown in Fig. 7, by reason of its location in a plane at right angles to the general plane of the jaw B and thereby cause a maximum pressure to be exerted by it on the fabric forcing the fabric toward the jaw A. In this position there will be maximum resistance to the withdrawal of the fabric between the jaws. Further the doubled edge of the fabric, as shown in Fig. 2, will engage the member l9 and cause further resistance to movement of the fabric from between the jaws.

I claim:

A collar holder comprising oppositely directed pairs of jaws for gripping the spaced edges of a collar, one of said jaws of each pair having spaced slits extending longitudinally of the jaw with a portion of the stock between the slits deflected from the surrounding portion of the jaw pro- The following references are of reord in t flle of this patent:

Number 1,874, 51 the collar upon reversal of the relative movement 10 8 of the collar and jaws.

ALBERT JOSEPH ROWAN.'

4 REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Allison Aug. 4, 193 Allison Mar. 8, 1932 Baer Aug. 30, 1932 

